Javier Tejera is a Senior Learning Technology and Design Advisor at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (University of Edinburgh) and also works independently as a digital education consultant. On the one hand, he is interested in innovative, cutting-edge digital technologies for teaching and learning. On the other hand, he is fascinated by low-tech, mobile-first settings and the social contexts in which education operates.
In his role at the University of Edinburgh, he co-leads the AI for Teaching Innovation project together with Professor Siân Bayne. They support and enable teaching innovation through generative AI, by providing course teams with learning design and software development support to build web applications to be used in live teaching.
As a consultant, Javier is currently involved in digital education projects aimed at rural school teachers in Peru and Bolivia. He has previously supported universities from Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria with their transition to digital education.
Javier is a self-taught web developer and holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychopedagogy and an MA in International Development from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), as well as an MSc in Digital Education with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh.
Email: Javier.Tejera@ed.ac.uk